Ever Deadly

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Ever Deadly

Released Nov 15, 2023

1h 30m

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Throughout her ground-breaking career, Inuk throat singer Tanya Tagaq has always had an intimate relationship with the Nuna--the Land--a living, breathing organism present in her improvised performances. Hers is a voice that, according to the New York Times, "demands full attention, whether she's whispering in her softest register or howling at the sky." Ever Deadly weaves together intimate concert footage of Tagaq alongside moving personal reflections, stunning sequences filmed in Nunavut, and hand-drawn animation by Inuk artist Shuvinai Ashoona to seamlessly bridge history, landscapes, stories, and songs with pain, anger, and triumph--all through the expressions of one of the most innovative musical performers of our time.

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Radheyan Simonpillai

Globe and Mail

The doc is a lot like the outfit Tagaq is wearing at the live concert it repeatedly returns to. It’s a dress covered in glass scales, catching in its reflections the world surrounding Tagaq.

Jan 18, 2023

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Wade Major

FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)

One of those films I started off hating and wound up loving. That doesn't happen often.

Feb 1, 2024

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Sarah Boslaugh

TheArtsStl

Tagaq views her art, and her identity, as bound up with the land, so it’s not surprising that she feels strongly about maintaining traditions and repelling the attempts of outsiders who want to impose suburban rules on a much older way of life.

Rated: 6/10

Jan 2, 2024

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Luke Gorham

In Review Online

There’s a great film that could be made about Tagaq, one that more elegantly centers her and her artistry within a larger socio-political discourse...[leveraging] the alternately primal and sensual viscerality of her work to more impressively filmic ends.

Nov 13, 2023

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Paul Dika

Exclaim!

Ever Deadly is an emotional and engaging snapshot of Tagaq's career up to this point.

Rated: 8/10

Jan 30, 2023

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Chris Knight

National Post

Everything ties together. When Tagaq is interviewed on a barren, rocky and mosquito-infested shore, her love of this place in the Far North shines through in everything she says.

Rated: 3/5

Jan 20, 2023

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Throughout her ground-breaking career, Inuk throat singer Tanya Tagaq has always had an intimate relationship with the Nuna--the Land--a living, breathing organism present in her improvised performances. Hers is a voice that, according to the New York Times, "demands full attention, whether she's whispering in her softest register or howling at the sky." Ever Deadly weaves together intimate concert footage of Tagaq alongside moving personal reflections, stunning sequences filmed in Nunavut, and hand-drawn animation by Inuk artist Shuvinai Ashoona to seamlessly bridge history, landscapes, stories, and songs with pain, anger, and triumph--all through the expressions of one of the most innovative musical performers of our time.

Director: Chelsea McMullan, Tanya Tagaq
Producer: Lea Marin, Anita Lee
Screenwriter: Chelsea McMullan, Tanya Tagaq, Tanya Tagaq, Chelsea McMullan
Distributor: Kino Lorber
Production Co: National Film Board of Canada (NFB)
Genre: Documentary, Biography, Music
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 15, 2023, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 2, 2024
Runtime: 1h 30m

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